Ivan Mance

Ivan Mance
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-02-04) 4 February 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Göztepe (sporting director)
Youth career
0000–2001 Orijent
2001–2002 Varteks
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Varteks 12 (0)
2006–2007 Draga
2007–2008 Pomorac 26 (0)
2008–2010 Rijeka 26 (0)
2010–2011 Maccabi Petah Tikva 5 (0)
2011–2012 Istra 1961 17 (0)
2012–2013 Rijeka 15 (0)
International career‡
2001 Croatia U18 2 (0)
2001 Croatia U19 0 (0)
2004 Croatia U21 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2018

Ivan Mance (born 4 February 1983) is a retired Croatian football goalkeeper and current sporting director of Göztepe

Club career

Born in Rijeka, in his first professional season he played for Varteks during the 2003-04 Prva HNL, where he had spent the first three years of his professional career. He then moved on to lower Croatian divisions, before moving to Rijeka in 2008.[1] After two seasons with Rijeka, he had a short stint in Israel, with Maccabi Petah Tikva, before returning to Croatia, where he had a season with Istra 1961, before returning to Rijeka in 2012.

Later career

In late 2013, he announced retirement and was hired in HNK Rijeka's scouting staff. Mance worked for Rijeka for nine years, until the summer of 2021, both as a scout and later sports director, before he left the club.[2] On 25 June 2021, he was hired as a technical director at Cypriot club Pafos FC.[3]

Career statistics

Season Club League League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2004–05 Varteks Prva HNL 9 0 1 0 – 10 0
2005–06 3 0 1 0 – 4 0
2006–07 Draga Treća HNL – – – - –
2007–08 Pomorac Kostrena Druga HNL 20 0 2 0 – 22 0
2008–09 6 0 4 0 – 10 0
2008–09 HNK Rijeka Prva HNL 8 0 – – 8 0
2009–10 18 0 1 0 3 0 22 0
2010-11 Maccabi Petah Tikva Israeli Premier League 5 0 5 0 – 10 0
2011–12 NK Istra 1961 Prva HNL 17 0 1 0 – 18 0
2012–13 HNK Rijeka 1. HNL 15 0 0 0 – 15 0
2013–14 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
HNK Rijeka total 41 0 2 0 4 0 47 0
Career total 103 0 16 0 4 0 123 0
Last Update: 19 May 2018.
1 Source

References

  1. ^ weltfussball.de[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Zbogom: Sportski direktor Ivan Mance nakon devet godina napušta Rijeku, telesport.telegram.hr, 3 June 2021
  3. ^ Nova destinacija – Cipar: Ivan Mance novi je Pafosov sportski direktor, telesport.telegram.hr, 25 June 2021


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